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2022 Georgia Code
Title 24 - Evidence
Chapter 6 - Witnesses
Article 3 - Use of Sign Language and Intermediary Interpreter in Administrative and Judicial Proceedings
§ 24-6-654. Indigent Hearing Impaired Defendants to Be Provided With Interpreters
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GA Code § 24-6-654 (2022)
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- A court shall provide a court qualified interpreter to any hearing impaired person whenever the hearing impaired person has been provided with a public defender or court appointed legal counsel.
- The court qualified interpreter authorized by this Code section shall be present at all times when the hearing impaired person is consulting with legal counsel.
History. Code 1981, § 24-6-654 , enacted by Ga. L. 2011, p. 99, § 2/HB 24.
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